Water-lifting apparatus



T. J. PORTER WATER 'LIFTING APPARATUS sept. 3, 1929.

Filed Dec. 6, 19.2"7A

WITNESSES INVENTOR A TIPorZe" MTORNEY 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Sept. 3, 1929. A, T. J. PORTER 1,727,216

WATER LIFTING APPARATUS Filed Dec. 6, 1927 2 'Sheets-Sheet 2 12 g 1 um I Xe' r Ilm! :fil l|l|||||l IllllI IIIIHUHNH'IH IH E WITNESSES INVENTOR BYTJQ'IZe ATTOR NEY 'ings 16 in which Patented Sept. 3, 1929.

THOMAS J. EORTER, OF

RICK' LYGNSS ANB ONE-THM LTO L. 'BOTH 0F ORAOVILLE,

FOB/NIA.

ORGVILL, ABSIGNOB.. 10F `ONE-'.l-'I'IIRD TO PATH .CALI- WATEB-LIITING ARPAR-AT'S.

Application le December `6`, 1927. fSeriaI me. 238,143.

View, 'the invention consists incertain novei features of construction and combinations and arrangements ot parts, aswill Ibe 'more fully hereinafter set forth 4and 'pointed out in the claims. The invention maybe more fully understood from the 'following-description in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein# v Fig. 1 is a'view in'vertical sectiony through a pumping apparatus embodyingl the. present invention.

Fig. 2 is a 4'vertical' sectional detail onithe staggered line '2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 'is a sectional plan Aview of'theapparatus takenk approximately on ythe Aline-"-- of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a iragmentaryview generally-simi- -lar to Fig. 1,'but indicating the opposrtejextreme position of the curved oscillatingpipe. p

In the drawings I haveused'therreterence numeral 10 to designate awater' reservoir of any suitable character, and the numeral y11 to designate a spillway disposed well above the reservoir and into which water from'i the reservoir istobe pumped. Arrangedwithin the reservoir 10 is a 'closedwaterchamberf12 into which water from "the resenvoirfiows through inwardly opening check *valves "-13 (Fig. 2). An open pipe '14 communicating with the top of the ychamber -12 terminates above the water'li-ne in the reservoir'andprevents air from bei'ng-'entrapped inthe: chamber 12.

Arranged adj acentthe reservoirisafframe 15 of any suitable design mounting spl-itbeara vrocker. shaft 17is-ljour nall'ed. An arcuate length of'pipe `l18'is-srqpported on spokes 19 projecting fromfa-fliub 20 secured tothe-rock shaft 17. Shaft 17 is disposed exactly at the center of gravity of the pipe 18, so that the pipe is in unstable equilibrium, and but slight power will be re- Iche'c'kfvalves 113 `will open,

quired to osciliateit in either direction about the shaft. 17. v

Directly connected to the lower end of the pipe 18 is as'hort length of' pipe 21 cur-ved on a center struck from thesh-aft 17. `The pipe section 21 works lthrough a stutflng box 22r in one Wall ofthe closed chamber 12, and an Vcm--tward'ly opening check valve 23 controls communieationl between the pipes 18 and21. Asthe pipe 18 is oscillated, pipe-section 21 reclprocatesinwardly and outwardly through the 'stuing box; its two extreme positions beingillustrated in Figs. land 2.

The upper end of the arcuatepipe 18 moves over the end oi the spillway 11 oriother suitable Water receptacle when this pipe has been tilted to the extreme dotted line' position of Fig. 1 vin'order that water may be discharged from the upper end of' thev pipe 18 into the spillwa Suitable meehanisxnis provided for i-mpartingthe necessary oscillatingimovemen-t to 'the-pipe-lS" dueto-the balancing of the pipe 18 in unstable equilibrium, but little power is required to `rock it in either direction, `and the `oscillating mechanism 4therefore requires ibut little power. 'I have illustrated in this connection a -ymotor 25 -Adriving a shaft 26 through belt 27. A disc 28 is mounted on the f shaft 26- and onel end of a pitman 29 eccentrivcally connected'tofthe disc as at ,30. The opv f ositeyend of the pitmanis forked as at31 to straddlethe pipey 18A and ispi-votallyv con- 'neeted'lfto oneoft #e collars 32 which encircle ipipe 18' and provide anchor-ages for the spokes 19. l I Y "The operation of thefdevice is substantially 'as fol-lows. Assuming the'pipe 18 tofbe originelly-'emptyy iand in the position of Fig. 1, watcrwillflo wfin'to the pipe 18lunti1 it reaches `-the level of the water in the reservoir 10. The mo'to'r25 is `thenl started',r and thepip'e 18 lshifted romtheipositionof Fig-.1 to theposi- "tionfo-Figr During the course-of'movement of the pipe to the position of Fig. 4,

and water be drawn yinto the chamber and'into the pipe 21. On

fareversemovement-of the pipe 18 the water lfrom the pipe-21 wil'lenter 'the pipe 18 and Vattentiew reciprocations-'ofthe pipe 18 the 4device willfl Ihave become primed, or in other words', =illledf^ with water as rillustrated in Fig. 1.

From this time on, the pipe 18 is tilted to it will be noted that as the dotted line posii co tion of Fig. 1,water1will bev discharged` from the upper end thereof into the spillway, and

when returned to the full line position of Fig. 1, water will enter the pipe 18 through t-he pipe21; the checks 13 and 23 `functioning in the manner above described.` y

It will be obviousthat instead of the arcuate run of pipe illustrated, the pipe 18 might be formed of various compound curvatures which would produce the svamenresult, that is to say, permit the oscillating pipe to be mounted in unstable equilibrium for rotation kabout an axis located at its center of gravity. 5, It will also be apparent that the cross sec-l tional shape of the pipe 18 is subject to an iny finite number ofvariations.

Obviously, various changesand alterations might be made in the general form and arrangement 'of they parts described without de-` parting from the invention. Hence I do not wish to limitI myself to the details set forth,

but shall consider myself at liberty to make such lchanges and alterations asfairly fall .l withiny the spirit yscope of the appended.

claims.

j I claim:

a curved pipe 'open at both ends and mounted V l. A Water elevating apparatus comprising to oscillate about a horizontal axisveccentric to the major portion thereof and coincident with its own centerof gravity, a water chamber having a stuffing box thereinthrough'- which the lower end of the pipereciprocates as the pipe is oscillated, one-way valve mechanism controlling the flow ofl waterintoY the chamber and one-way valve mechanism con- .i trolling the flow of water from the chamber v into the pipe.

2. A water elevating apparatus comprising a curved pipe open at both ends and mounted to oscillate about a horizontal 'axis eccentric to the major portion thereof and, coincident j with its'own center of gravity, awater reservoir, a chamber in the reservoir and having a stuiiing box therein through which the lo'wer end of the pipe reciprocates as the pipe is oscillated, one-way valve mechanism controlling the flow of Water from the reservoir into the chamber rand one-way valve mechanism controlling the flow of water from the chamber into the pipe, and means for oscillating the pipe to alternately take water into its lower end and spill water from its upper end: b

3. A water elevating apparatus comprising av curved pipe open at both ends'and mounted to oscillate about a horizontal axis coincident with its own center of gravity, a water reservoir, a chamber 1n the reservoir and communicating with the same andhaving a stufling box therein through which the l`vember A. D. 1927.

lower end ofthe pipe reciprocates as the pipe is oscillated, one-way valve mechanism controlling the flow of water into the chamber and one-way valvemechanism controlling the flow of water from the chamber into the pipe, and means for oscillating thepipe to alter- 'nately take Water into its lower end and spill "ber having a stalling box therein through which the lower end of the pipe reciprocates as the pipe is oscillated, one-way valve mechanism controlling the flow of water into the` f chamber and one-way valve mechanism con` ltrollingthe iiow of water from the chamber into the pipe, and vmeans for oscillating the pipe to alternately take water into its lower end and' spill -water from its upper end.

`5. A water lifting apparatus, comprising a reservoir, a water chamber in the reservoir and having a valved connection therewith, said chamber having a stuiiingboxin one side with a curved pipe having the lower end.,

curved on'a center different from that of the Vbody of the pipe, a valve in the pipe a short distancefrom its lower end, a support at the side of the chamber having the stuffing box,

means for pivotally mounting the pipe onl the support,"with its lower end projecting through the stuffing box of the chamber, and means for oscillating said pipe.

y 6.` water lifting apparatus, comprising a reservoir, a water chamber in the reservoir and having a ivalved connectiontherewith, said chamber having a stufing box in one side, a support at the side of the chamber having. the stuifing box, a rock shaft mounted on the support and provided with a hubvhaving spokes of unequal length, an open ended curved pipe secured to said' spokes and having its lower end curved on a center coincident with the rock shaft and projecting through the vstu-fling box ofthe chamber, a valve in the pipe a short distance from its lower end, and means connected with the tube for oscillating it. p l Signed at Oroville in the county of Butte and State of California this 28th day of No-,

THOMAS J. PQRTER.l 

